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Purdue team creates safer technique for locating buried pipes
The device is expected to improve upon traditional ground-penetrating radar (GPR) data to better determine the location, orientation and radius of underground pipes.
Paving block made entirely from recycled mollusk shells, mining waste
The team replaced traditional mortar and concrete aggregates with a shell-based material made from Acanthocardia tuberculata, an edible saltwater clam commonly canned and sold commercially.
“Built For Building”: FPT displays product and service solutions for the construction industry at CONEXPO
The line-up ranges from 2.8 to 20 liters, delivering 50 to 900+ horsepower, offering the best match for all kind of machinery: excavators, loaders and everything in between.
Company unveils pothole-patching truck that repairs up to 146 potholes a day with heated asphalt spray
The Cimline P5 can patch one pothole in just two minutes with asphalt spray, significantly increasing the average number of potholes covered per day from 20 to 146.
Scientists find path to safely reusing concrete
The team concluded that concrete elements, even after decades of use, can be safely refurbished and reused, assuming their condition is assessed and that appropriate measures are applied.
FPT at CONEXPO: Solutions from plug and play to tailor made
The company will present its complete range of engines for construction machinery, designed to deliver high performance, reliability and versatility even in the most demanding off-road applications.
Fungus converts discarded mattresses into eco-friendly building insulation
The team created a lightweight, solid material that can function as an insulator, with its heat-blocking capabilities similar to already available commercial insulation products.
Researchers test eco-friendly concrete derived from desert sand
The material, dubbed botanical sand concrete, includes fine desert sand combined with plant-based additives and small wood particles using heat and pressure.
Column: Building an AI for buildings — “AI shouldn’t optimize a task; it should help build the entire store”
Construction is where abstract decisions become physical reality. It’s where safety, regulation, budgets, weather and human lives intersect. And it's an industry where AI is making quick inroads.
Always inspection ready: SEEPEX launches Smart Joint Access
The inspection-friendly pump design was developed for demanding industrial environments where uptime and reliability are critical.
Hydraulics helping hands: Data centers keep their cool
The hydraulic backbone, whether radiator cooled or immersion cooled, involves high-efficiency pumps and scores of specially designed server farm fluid fittings.
New Air Cradle for quick and efficient air gun storage
The simple but innovative accessory is designed to keep safety air guns and similarly sized tools within easy reach at workstations and machine centers.
Smarter water, fewer worries: How sensors, IoT and predictive analytics are transforming water management
The transition from schedule-based and reactive maintenance to a condition-based, predictive management model is imperative. This transition is enabled by the integration of real-time sensor networks, IoT architectures, and AI for predictive analytics.
Flood-resilient building blocks made completely from recycled plastic
The ECOCCUBE system transforms waste plastic into durable building blocks for use in vulnerable environments, offering a sustainable alternative to conventional concrete.
Erie Canal’s 200th anniversary: How a technological marvel for trade changed the environment forever
The construction work produced engineering breakthroughs, such as hydraulic cement made from local materials and locks that lifted the canal’s water level.
Customizable fan filter units for the most demanding cleanroom environments
Fan filter units are compact, modular, self-contained devices that have an integrated motor, fan and a high efficiency (HEPA or ULPA) filter.
Machine learning helping locate what cannot be seen
If space rocks can carry familiar ingredients but not the chemical “signature” that life leaves behind, then identifying the true signs of biology becomes extremely complicated. To solve this, a new approach to data analysis was developed.
Inspection process keeps water mains flowing
A new non-disruptive assessment technology enables inspection of aging water transmission infrastructure without taking pipelines out of service.
Researchers develop quick-setting, sustainable material to replace concrete in 3D printing
The team created a clay-based material that cures during extrusion thanks to an acrylamide binder that triggers a frontal polymerization reaction.
Seashells promise to pave the way for greener, low-carbon concrete
In a bid to solve one of the construction industry's biggest carbon problems, the low-carbon concrete ingredient promises to potentially cut significant amounts of carbon dioxide from what is one of the world's most polluting materials.